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CHARLESTON, Ill. – Competing in its second meet in less than 15 hours, the IUPUI women’s swimming and diving team picked up a tough 122.5 to 80.5 victory over Eastern Illinois, while the men’s team fell just short to the Panthers, 113-88, Saturday afternoon at Padovan Pool on the EIU campus.
“The fifteen hour turnaround from last night really made for a tough meet today,” said head coach
Matt Bos, who made his first trip back to his alma mater as the visiting coach. “I am really proud of the way we came out and competed though. Now we will start to rest for the Summit League Championships and really focus on sharpening up.”
The women’s team captured six individual victories and two relay wins, while the men posted three individual wins and a relay triumph.
After the women’s team opened with a win in the 200 medley relay (1:52.10),
Brittany Broyer won the 1,000 freestyle at 11:02.52, a PR for her and the 10th-best time in program history.
The Jags picked up 17 points in the 200 freestyle with a 1-2-3 finish led by
Margaret Barber’s winning time of 1:57.21, the eighth-best time in program history.
The 200 freestyle is where the men’s team captured their first individual win with
Tony Carroll timing in at 1:44.78, his third-best time of the season and the fourth-best in program history.
The men and women took honors in the 100 freestyle with
Elizabeth Bourgeois and Carroll earning the top spot with times of 54.66 and 47.89, respectively.
Other winners on the women’s side were
Lindsey Hurst in the 50 freestyle (25.31), Barber in the 100 butterfly (1:01.11), and
Peyton Zehner in the 500 freestyle (5:26.19), who won a neck-and-neck finish with teammate
Natalie Trout.
The only other individual winner came on the men’s side with
Luke Green touching the wall first in the 500 freestyle at 4:57.43.
Both the men and the women closed the meet out with wins in the 200 freestyle relay.
IUPUI is in action on Jan. 28, when it heads to Rochester, Mich., to compete against conference foe Oakland at the OU Aquatic Center, which will serve as the site of the 2012 Summit League Swimming and Diving Championships Feb. 15-18.
“We are really looking forward to going to Oakland next week and getting comfortable with the pool and environment there,” Bos said.
